Falkland Islands / Queen Elizabeth II

The Falkland Islands, an archipelago in the southern Atlantic Ocean, are a self-governing British overseas territory.

The politics of the islands takes place in a framework of a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary representative democratic dependency as set out by the constitution, whereby the Governor exercises the duties of head of state in the absence of the monarch and the Chief Executive acts as the head of government, with an elected Legislative Assembly to propose new laws and hold the executive to account.

Queen Elizabeth II was the monarch of the Falkland Islands from 6 February 1952 until her death on 8 September 2022.